In Brief
Brussels Plagued by NSFW Street Art
Over the past few weeks, highly NSFW street art has popped up across Brussels, courtesy of an anonymous street artist or graffiti collective.
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Announcement
The Fabric Workshop and Museum Unveils Ann Hamilton’s habitus
Ann Hamilton’s latest large-scale installation transforms Philadelphia’s Municipal Pier 9 through Monday October 10 and three floors of The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) through early January.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NDU1NzUsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjo0MzQ3NDUsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e3
Performance
Queering the Canon of American Popular Music
This is not your grandmother’s drag show. A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by renowned playwright and drag performer Taylor Mac is a monumental production covering American popular music from 1776 to 2016.
Art
Art for an Uncertain World at the São Paulo Biennial
SÃO PAULO — Critics in major Brazilian newspapers have been calling the 32nd São Paulo Biennial too “politically correct,” all ideas and no art.
Comics
Halloween Pumpkins by Artists
So many possibilities.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Trump at ArtPrize, the photo collection at the African American museum, a poignant review of new Hitler book, Portlandia has overstayed their welcome, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Throne
"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."
Books
Reader’s Diary: Henri Lefebvre’s ‘Critique of Everyday Life’ (Conclusion)
Encore un effort on Lefebvre. My first go was nothing but objections. Round two started out with admiration but I soon found myself airing further criticism — almost against my will...
Books
Alice Notley's Crystal City of In-betweenness
Alice Notley's recent book, Benediction, an epic written in ragged grammatical form, further concretizes her work to repossess the historically male-dominated epic poem as a feminist genre.
Art
Archaic Futurism
In an interview that appeared in The Brooklyn Rail (May 2014), Joyce Robins explained that the title of her early painting “The Vly” (1975) is the Dutch word for swamp.
Art
Vanity, Thy Name Is Man
CHICAGO — I was hooked by the time I finished reading “Mr. John F. Kennedy and Mr. Kenneth Noland” (2016), a text-filled drawing written in pencil in large and distinct capital letters that reminded me of penmanship practice in elementary school.
Art
“Vulnerability Could Be the New Stoic”: Paintings by Allison Schulnik
In Allison Schulnik’s hands, paint becomes matter and subject becomes object. Her paintings are about a continual state of flux: morphing, dripping, and melting.